anyone know what this is?

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  1. Ladyin_blue

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    Hi,

    I this all over my plants. Looks like spit. Anyone know what it could be?
     

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      Thank you :)
       
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      You have frog hoppers. You can either use a systemic insecticide or just wash them off.
       
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      they seem to be doing very well this year...at least around here they are anyway, i hadn't seen any in years, not a single one but this year i found half a dozen in our garden & saw many more in other peeps gardens whilst snooping walking the dogs :doggieshmooze:
       
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        We used to call it Frog Spit round our way.

        "ere look, theres frog spit on this sticky weed ere!"
         
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          Just hose it off. There's no need to use insecticide unless it's a bad infestation - which it doesn't appear to be. They're not a major problem in the garden.
           
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